Social Development

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Social Development

• Attachment
• Gender and Roles
• Social Interaction

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1. Attachment

• Harlows Monkeys
• Strange Situations
• Sleeping Cross-culturally

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Secure Attachment

• Distressed when caregiver leaves
• Pleased with return
• Distress with stranger
• Explores unfamiliar places if caregiver present

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Attachment Styles

• Secure Attachment 70
• Insecure Avoidant 20
• Insecure Anxious-Resistant 10
• Strange-Situation Test

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Gender Concepts

• Gender Identity 1.5-2
• Are you a boy or a girl?
• Gender Stability 3-4
• Will you be a mommy or daddy when you grow up?
• Gender Constancy 6-7
• If a boy puts on a dress will he be a girl?

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Gender in development

• Late infancy kids can discriminate faces by
  gender
• 2 years label self as boy or girl
• 2-3 sex-stereotyping of toy preferences
• 3 prefer playing with same sex peers
• 3-4 rigid stereotypes about occupations and
  activities that are right for males and females
• 5 personality traits ascribed

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Stereotyping and Gender

• Toy Selection
• Play Style
• Dependence
• Aggression
• Emotion
• Control
• Task Assignment

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3. Social Interactions

• Childs behavior as indicator of adult personality

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Summary

• Parental attachment influences the way that
  children interact with their social environment
• Social roles affect expectations and shape
  development